My character is currently writing a saga about a human barbarian in the time before Thoradin united the human tribes. OOC It’s intended to be a Conan the Barbarian satire, IC it is not meant to be a historical account, just a story. Is there much lore for the time before Thoradin or can I just make stuff up, want it to make it believable IC.
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There’s not much, the early bits were added with the Vrykul in WotLK, the rest in Chronicles and the Legion artifact quests where Thoradin makes an appearance.
From Wowpedia:
Legends say it was Tyr, one of the Keepers, who brought the humans to their new home, though the vrykul actually sent their offspring there because it was the location of Tyr’s tomb. Regardless, his legend and symbol would haunt and inspire the humans forever after.
Long ago, on the continent that would eventually become known as the Eastern Kingdoms, the young race of humans struggled to survive using the limited supplies provided to them by their vrykul parents, who had abandoned them. They occasionally took to gathering around a fire whilst trying to read from scrolls telling of ancient heroes and leaders – tales from the civilization that had cast these creatures out. One of these scrolls spoke of a great leader, a paragon of order and justice, who sacrificed his right hand in a fight against an unfathomable evil. Although it was within this hero’s power to fix his hand after the fighting had ended, the hero instead chose to replace it with a closed fist made of the purest silver. In this way, the hero impressed upon those who followed him that true order and justice can only be accomplished through personal sacrifice. This hero, who slipped into memory long ago, went by the name of Tyr.
Humans joined the forefront of Azerothian history during the Troll Wars 2,800 years ago. Concerned that the forest trolls were becoming too great a threat, the Arathi tribe of humans embarked on a campaign to conquer its rivals through combat and politics. By offering equality and peace to the people they conquered, the Arathi were able to form a powerful nation, Arathor. The capital of Strom was built [sidenote, this is when Thoradin’s Wall is built as well], and the humans in the area that would later become Lordaeron, traveled to its protection.
There’s outright mentions that early humans shared stories and tried to make sense of the legends they were sent off to see the world with, so Conan-esque legends sound entirely plausible!
There’s very little lore pre-Thoradin, go wild
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